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THORNHURST TWP. — State police at Dunmore are investigating the theft of $3,425 worth of power tools and equipment from a Lackawanna County home that occurred in early November.
Someone broke into Frank Knight’s Nellie Road storage shed in Thornhurst Twp. sometime between Nov. 3 and 10. Craftsman tools, including a grinder, router and buffer; a Honda generator, a Stihl chainsaw and Echo chainsaw, weed trimmer and leaf blower were taken, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at 963-3156.